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In 2019, at the Golden Bull Awards, Leong ignited fierce debate with his provocative assertions that the effectiveness of quantitative trading hinged not on human intuition but on AI. His firm, which relied entirely on AI for trading decisions, challenged many traditional norms of the finance industry. Despite facing backlash, Leong's pioneering methods proved successful. His trading firm, Highflyer AI, ballooned from managing 10 billion Chinese Yuan ($1.3 billion USD) to an astonishing $8 billion by 2025, solidifying its position among the largest AI-driven trading companies globally.
However, Leong's ambitions extended far beyond finance and into the cutting-edge realm of AI technology.